The Blue Bicycle

I think the whole series "La bicyclette bleue" from the first book to the last, entitled "Cuba libre", is wonderful. You will learn about the atrocities of the Second World War, Indochina's battle for independance and Cuba's revolution. All of this, through Léa, the main character who is swept away in all of the adventures with her family, friends and romances. Absolutely exhilirating series that will make your whole body shiver as you leap from one chapter to another.

This book is a great description of France during the second world war. But it isn't only fiction. Indeed, except what happens to the main characters, everything is true. The resistance, the location, many people did exist... It is a very good lesson of history. But not only, there is also a wonderful love story, a few erotic scenes, a lot of humor... I really hope many people would read this book (and the 6 following ones not yet existing in English version). It lets you understand better what to be French is.

This Book did start out like Gone with the Wind. Rumor was that there was a lawsuit concerning this book being a plagarism OF Gone With the Wind. Where are the other 2 books that were to follow? I enjoyed the content of the War from another perspective than just Jewish. This book showed not only the sufferings of the Jews but the sufferings of France as well. Very enjoyable.

It's true this book starts like Gone With The Wind but soon it becomes much more interesting and I find Lea much less annoying than Scarlett !

Je vais écrire en français car ce livre est un magnifique chef-d'oeuvre de la langue françcaise. Merci à Régine Deforges d'avoir écrit la suite de la Bicyclette bleue. Pour tous les amateurs de cet auteur qui veulent suivre les aventures de Léa et de François Tavernier, lisez 101, avenue Henri Martin; Le diable en rit encore; Noir tango; Rue de la soie; La dernière colline; Cuba libre.